Category Archives: Philosophy

Great Course — Nietzsche

Posted on March 20, 2018 by M

It’s been a while since my last post, I’ve been busy/lazy, blah blah blah. I recently finished listening to a great course on Friedrich Nietzsche on Audible. I really enjoyed the lectures and found both professors to be wonderful. It … Continue reading →

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Objectively Living

Posted on November 10, 2017 by M

Well I’ve changed my reading plan. The anthology simply didn’t resonate with me at this point, I read the introduction and felt that it was a bit sterile. So I decided to re-read a chapter of Nagel’s The View From … Continue reading →

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Philosophy as a Way of Life

Posted on September 8, 2017 by M

Many philosophers have pointed out (Anscombe, Williams, etc.) that there’s a considerable disparity between ancient and modern works on ethics. Our modern conception of morality, as a system of obligatory interpersonal norms, is entirely foreign to ancient texts. For the … Continue reading →

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